
A&E Network‘s new drama series Bates Motel, from executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights), will debut on Monday, March 18 at 10 PM. Bates Motel is a contemporary prequel to Hitchcock’s classic Psycho, chronicling how Norman Bates’ psyche unravels through his teenage years. It tells the dark, twisted backstory of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and how deeply intricate his relationship with his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga), truly is. Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nicola Peltz, Nestor Carbonell and Mike Vogel co-star.
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Nope this won’t work now Norman Bates is way too similar to Adam Lanza.
Norma Bates is too similar to Nancy Lanza. This will die a fast death.
Can anyone translate to English for me?
You gotta be kidding me!
Every single review of the pilot will point that out it’s obvious and newsworthy and critics love to mention real news events when they are reviewing new shows. All that we know about Adam Lanza and his mother is bad news for this series. Sorry but you know how the news media works as well as anyone reading this. Bates Motel will be seen as too similar and too soon to Sandy Hook and A & E will quickly lose faith in it.
Think it could translate to even higher ratings as people wonder and question how a young boy can be twisted to become so evil?